What does industrious mean?

Definitions for industrious
ɪnˈdʌs tri əsin·dus·tri·ous

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hardworking, industrious, tireless, untiringadjective

    characterized by hard work and perseverance

  2. energetic, gumptious, industrious, up-and-comingadjective

    working hard to promote an enterprise

Wiktionary

  1. industriousadjective

    Hard-working and persistent; worksome.

    I was very industrious in my effort to learn unicycle riding.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. INDUSTRIOUSadjective

    Dililigent; laborious; assiduous. Opposed to slothful.

    Etymology: industrieux, Fr. industrius, Lat.

    He himself, being excellently learned, and industrious to seek out the truth of all things concerning the original of his own people, hath set down the testimony of the ancients truly. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

    Let our just censures
    Attend the true event, and put we on
    Industrious soldiership. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    His thoughts were low:
    To vice industrious; but to nobler deeds
    Timorous and slothful. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

    The industrious perforation of the tendons of the second joints of fingers and toes, draw the tendons of the third joints through. Henry More, Divine Dialogues.

    Observe carefully all the events which happen either by an occasional concurrence of various causes, or by the industrious application of knowing men. Isaac Watts, Improv. of the Mind.

Wikipedia

  1. Industrious

    Industrious is an American company that provides co-working spaces to companies and individuals. It was founded in 2012 and operates in more than 150 locations — and 65+ cities — across the U.S. and abroad.

ChatGPT

  1. industrious

    Industrious refers to someone who is hardworking, diligent, and consistently dedicated to their work or tasks. It describes a person who shows great effort, energy, and initiative, often undertaking tasks with zeal and perseverance. An industrious individual is often characterized by productivity and efficiency.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Industriousadjective

    given to industry; characterized by diligence; constantly, regularly, or habitually occupied; busy; assiduous; not slothful or idle; -- commonly implying devotion to lawful and useful labor

  2. Industriousadjective

    steadily and perseveringly active in a particular pursuit or aim; as, he was negligent in business, but industrious in pleasure; an industrious mischief maker

  3. Etymology: [L. industrius, industriosus: cf. F. industrieux. See Industry.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of industrious in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of industrious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of industrious in a Sentence

  1. Naad-Dre Amos:

    I’m so thankful that I have a notebook to add to my collection, I have been writing about new Anime shows and movies that I want to learn about, I’m about to be a industrious person and write more about anime stuff.”

  2. Samuel Butler:

    To do great work a man must be very idle as well as very industrious.

  3. Lito Atienza:

    He is industrious, always ready to serve. That is his character.

  4. Francis Bacon:

    I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious.

  5. Connor Campbell:

    Silver has knock-on effects compared to GameStop because it has links to miners, and then the miners themselves have an impact on how the FTSE 100 performs, if you start pushing silver higher, that is going to have effects on other industrious and other markets and that is clearly what happened.

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